RE: Importance of local bin directory while running root.sh
- From: <Paul.Baumgartel@xxxxxxx>
- To: <Sundar.Mahadevan@xxxxxxx>, <Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:33:46 -0400
The local bin directory (/usr/local/bin or whatever) does not refer to
an ORACLE_HOME directory; rather, it identifies a directory for
executables and binaries used system-wide that aren't part of the
vendor's system software. The files dbhome and oraenv are shell scripts
that are used to set one's environment to a particular ORACLE_HOME on a
server.
Paul Baumgartel
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mahadevan, Sundar
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:23 AM
To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Importance of local bin directory while running root.sh
Hi All,
Good morning. While running root.sh as root during binary installation
(any version), the questions below come up. What is the importance of
/usr/local/bin? My understanding is that the value should be the
$ORACLE_HOME/bin instead of /usr/local/bin. Am I right? When there are
many ORACLE_HOME with different versions(lets say 9i, 10g and 11g), what
impact does it have on the setting of local bin directory location?
Ideally speaking, do I have to set them to their respective
$ORACLE_HOME/bin ? Many Thanks for your help.
# /opt/oracle/products/9208/root.sh
Running Oracle9 root.sh script...
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oracle/products/9208
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
The file "dbhome" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n)
[n]:
The file "oraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n)
[n]: y
Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
The file "coraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it?
(y/n) [n]: y
Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Adding entry to /var/opt/oracle/oratab file...
Entries will be added to the /var/opt/oracle/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
--Sundar
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